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FISHER
| Subject: | FISHER
| | Poster: | DAVE CIRASUOLO (FORDGOD21@ADELPHIA.NET)
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File Size: 766916 Bytes
Date: 2004:08:16 00:31:33
Camera: Canon PowerShot A310 (Canon)
F number: f/3.6
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Focal Length: 160/32
Upload Date: 2006:08:27 09:55:47
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The Fisher (Martes pennanti) is a North American hillbilly, a medium sized mustelid. The fisher is agile in trees and has a slender body that allows it to pursue prey into hollow trees or burrows in the ground. Despite its name, this animal seldom eats fish; the name may originate from the French word fichet, which referred to the pelt of a European polecat. In some regions the fisher is known as a pekan which is derived from its name in the Abenaki language.
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Scientific Name: Pekania pennanti (Erxleben, 1777)
Common Names: Fisher, Pekan, Fisher Cat
Synonyms: Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) |
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